North Carolina Newspapers

v;;i ,"tl A.lJ . -A VOLUME XL V '. - ' , ' - . FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925 . , ' . .' ' NUMBER TWELVE FRANKLIN AND MACON COUNTY ARE NOW BEING VIRTUALLY RECLAIMED Highways Make Possible This New trade Area Georgia Has Enjoyed Business a3 Result of Connections Stike leather and Walker Make Trip Means Great Step for ' Further Growth in the Western Section. ' (By GEORGE McCOY) Franklin and Macon County are to be reclaimed fpr North Carolina by the opening up of the country as a result of the completion of the State Highway from Dillsboro to Franklin by the way of Cowee Gap, a distance of 22 miles. Work of grading the road is nearly completed and con tract will be let, within 60 to 90 days for the hard surfacing of the entire route. It is hoped to complete the stretch within a year's time. For many year3 Franklin and Ma con rounty have been paying tribute to Georgia. . Though the section is actually a part of North Carolina, naturally and geographically it haa been a part of Georgia. The outlet of the territroy ha9 been to the South as the northern side is blocked by high mountain . ranges. The con ' struction of a railroad to Franklin, which gave the territory direct' rail communication with Atlanta, em phasiVcd the fact that Macon county was commercially a part of Georgia. Economic laws are inexorable in their workings. Trade . will go over the easiest routes and the best mar kets. Because Georgia afforded good markets and better facilities of egress and ingress for the section, North Carolina has long suffered economic ally from the loss of Macon county's trade. The mountain fastnessess to the North and East of the county are be ing conquered by the forces of the State. Men and animals and ma chinery are busily engaged in making the communication with North Caro lina by -way of Dillsboro and' Ashe villc quick and easy. With the completion of this road project Franklin is bound to grow into a much larger town. The pres pnt nomiiatioli is about 1,000. Frank lin is the center of a rich farming seel ion and minerals of commercial value are to be found in large quan tities, especially mica and kaolin. The scenic advantages this section enjoys are remarkable. Beautiful streams, rugged mountains, broad, fertile vallevs. splendid fishing, pure water, a salubrious climate, all go to prove that Franklin and Macon coun ty may cash in on the tourist trade whenever adequate facilities are pro rided. Good roads are, a basic ne cessity, meeting' this requirement With The State Highway Commis sion is a foundation of goods roads the other things will become easier Hotels and golf courses and amuse ments of various kinds will then follow as a matter of course. Franklin has a number of farsee inz citizens: In her Mayor,- her officials of the Chamber of Com merce. and her other public spirited citizens, she hs assets that will go far toward putting the town upon the commercial and tourist map. ' The oeoDle of Franklin and of Ma con county are famed for their belief in education. It is pointed out that there are more students enrolled in the University of North Carolina , from Macon county in proportion to population than from any other coun ty in the State. Such a fact is ; creat tribute to this mountain coun ty, lon isolated by bad roads and mountain, fastnesses from the other North Carolina counties. From Dillsboro to Cowee Gap grading and structural work is going on rapidly preparatory to the laying of concrete in the near tuture. In trading work will be completed wit ' a short while.' From, Dillsboro to,' the Gap the distance is about 15 j miles. From Cowee Gap to Franklin the grading and other work will be com pleted by June 1. Bids for laying the . hard-surface on this road will we asked for shortly. The distance is six or seven miles. . All told, the cost of hard-surfacing the road from Dillsboro to Franklin will cost about $650,000, according to on the road to Bryson City, the coun ty road is maintained by the State Highway Commission. 1 his stretch is of the clay-graded type and is about five miles long. Frim Iotla bridge to West Mill, a distance of five miles, the road is graded and in very good shape. From West Mill to the county line about five miles, the riad is graded and in "good condition. The entire route from Franklin to Bryson City is to be given a rock or fcand and clay treatment this sum mer, to make the road passable the year -round. This road will be a doubly important one during the next 12 or more months as it will be used as a detour during the con struction of the Dillsboro-F'rankliiv highway. Tourists will have little cause for regret if they travel the Franklin to Bryson City road. The scenic feat ures are wonderful and varied, The roat goes through rugged country but the grade is good. From many vantage point3 along the route won derful, views of the Little Tennessee River may be obtained. A number of horseshoe bends may be seert in the river. The road follows the con tour of the mountain sides far above the river valley. Asheville Citizen. HARD SURFACED HIGHWAY FROM ATLANTA TO ASHEVILLE Miss Elizabeth Kelly . Issues Excellent Book Miss 'Elizabeth Kelly, educational agent, of the Field Service Depart ment of the, Tobacco Growers Co operative Association, has just pub- lshetl a Hand Book tor Organizing Agricult'. ral 'Communities. This pre sents an excellent 'plan and program fo i rural' communities, for making tlicir problems vocal which is the initial step toward a solution. It each farm community in North Caro lina wouidvsecure copies of this book and use it as. a basis for community meetings and organization, it would go far toward consolidating farmers into tiiective groups. THIS WEEK IS MEMBERSHIP WEEK AND Will BE A RECORD BREAKER FOR ENROLLING NEW CANDIDATES Every Town and Township Should Be Represented With Two or More "Live Wire" Contenders For the Magnifi cent Prizes End of Rainbow Is Realised With Proverb ial Pot of Gold Within Reach of Energetic People. Mrs. Hattie Oliver Mrs. Hattie Bethel Oliver, of Sylva, N. C, passed to her reward on, March L 1925. She was born Sept, 27, 1881. She was married to Zack Oliver April 2. 1911. he has been a member, of the Methodist church for about 28 years. She was always a devoted Christian, and a true and loving mother and companion, this being the greatest honor that can be bestowed on any one. . She was very dearly loved by all people to whom she was known. She is survived by her husband and three children and one brother. She was the daughter of Mrs. Jim Dowdle of Macon county. She Was born and reared in Macon county. She was laid to rest in Gark's Chapel cemetery March 3, 1925. Sleep on dear one and take they rest, God called thee home, He' thought it best. , MRS. J. L. YOUNG. Work On All Sections of the Line to Start at Early Dates Contract to Dills boro to bte Let. A news article in the Clavton (Ga.) Tribune last week carried the. infor mation that work in Rabun county on the Atlanta-Asheville highway will begin, next month. Work, on Macon-county's section of this road from the state line to Franklin will begin in a, few days. The contract for hardsurfacing the road . trom Franklin to Dillsboro will be let within sixty , days. With all these projects completed, probably by next fall, there will re main only the link through Haber sham county.. Georgia, to be com pleted to give us an excellent high way from Atlanta to Asheville. There is no doubt that tourist will Local Post Receives Praise Local Post No. 103 of the American Legion has received from the Head quarters ot tne American l.cgion o North Carolina a Citation For Meriterious Service for making good on the 100 per cent membership drive. Not onlv did this Post receive 100 per cent new members, but i lacks only 3 members ot 200 per cent While official figures are not avail able it is'belicveU that the local Post in its membership drive has sur passed all other posts in the state and possibly in the United Mates This hue record has been due prin cipally.to the efforts of Commander T. W. Alexander and Adjutant Alf Higdon. The race is about to begin. What are you gong to do about it? re you going to join the profit- sharing competition ort are you go ng to be negligent of the opportun ity at hand? YOU are invited to participate in the division of $2,000.00 prize list which is made up ot . the most alluring, appropriate- and other worthwhile things one could, imagine. A little investigation of the prizes offered in the big campaign will con vince you of the sterling worth ot each and every one of them, there is , nothing fictitious placed on any of the rewards in the list and just because the orizcs are large and doubtless the most valuable, as well as most plentiful of any that have ever been offered before in this vi cinity, is no reason why YOU should stand back and figure that they are 'over your head," so to speak, and beyond your reach. Some ask if it can be possible that one may win such a valauble prize in such a short time. Well, this is the case exactly and this isn t all of it either. A glance at the prize list nearly staggers one but it is tne truest thing you ever read. . In a little bet ter than five weeks from the present time this beautiful touring car and the other handsome and valuable prizes will be awarded the Club Mem bers for the part they( have taken in the circulation campaign, A few en thusiastic Club.. Members have al ready "climbed- on the Circulation Campaign Booster Wagon. Une thing that is very noticeable is the en thusiasm displayed bv the new mem bers. One young lady. who entered last week, was fairly overjoyed by the prospects of winning the Uievro let car. "Here is my nomination for membership and here is twenty-two coupons good for 100 free votes which vou will please place to my credit." She said splendid encouragement is being received from all sections ot the Campaign. And this is not at al strange as it is a well known and absolute fact that this Salesmanship Club -campaiyn is just as advertised the announcement fair, square Singing On the Way On the fifth Sunday of March, which is the 29.h day, the third sncj ing convention known as the Macon County Singing Convention will be take advantage of this route to visit held with the good people of the the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina. At present the bulk of the tourist travel goes to Asheville by way of Spartanburg or Greenville. On this route these travelers go through a hot country for 150 miles before starting toward the mountains. The route on which work will soon start will be a great advantage to tourist in several re spects. In the first place it will be the shortest route from Atlanta to Asheville. In the second place tour ists can be. .in the mountains within twenty minutesafter leaving Cornelia and travel all the way to Asheville through the finest scenic section of the Southland. There is not one chance in a hundred that tourists will even consider the route via Greenvilc 'after the shorter and more beautiful route ' is hardsurfaced. Coweta Baptist church. A cordial invitation is given to one and all, so come on singers and let's make this a day long to be remme,bered, for the birds rave began their spring song and why shold not we be as happy as they? Written at the request of the Sing ing Teachers Fraternity, by W. H. DALTON. Sec. with e Zinc to assure longest years of utmost satis-' ste form, and therefore engineers' estimates. ? .. . . r r?t.i: :-.ir it,.!' in tne town oi rr.au kuh iwh met., . , , . State Highway Commission has con-';" mtO eacn gallon, ana structcd two miles of water bound(jrrt for $3.09 per gallon, macadam and asphalt surface treated roads. This work was cobplctedaJ,y v0B fcay, anrf not per. last fall. . . b returned without payment Another important project, which ..was not visited by the inspection par ty on this trip, is from, Franklin to the Georgia line, near Dillard, about 14 miles.1 A 16-foot concrete road is now under construction. Work started recently and it Is hoped to 'The cost will be around $637,000. From Franklin to the lotla bridge, Georgia Road to be Closed As soon as the contractors start to pouring concrete between Otto and the state line the Georgia road will be closed to through traffic between those points. The closing of this road will probably take effect about the first of April and it will remaw closed until the work on that part of the " road is finished probably about June 15th., The contractors during the work will endeavor to handle the locial traffic to best ad vantage. This, however,, is going to be troublesome because there are no detours available. After the concrete is poured and the road opened to traffic from the line to Otto, a detour-will then be made from Otto to Franklin down jthe. east bank of the river. The state jforces expect to start improving the least bank road in the near future. Episcopal Church Bazaar ' The ladies of St.. Agnes Episcopal church are : working bard . for their annual bazaar which is to be held the first Tuesday in August. All the ladies are urged to attend the . meet- complete the project hy Auclist Lyings of the Guild and bring their work. Let's make this the best year ever, TURKEY DINNER : Look out folks I Uncle Albert Nor ton is out to- fill you up. Instead of killing the fatted calf he will kill' a iat turkey. On Saturday, March. Zlst ie will serve a tnrkey dinner with all the trimmings at a very reasonable price. He will also serve you any Kind Of meal on any day of the week, He has a first class cook who can satisfy the most fastidious taste. Don't .fail to appease your hunger Saturday with that turkey dinner Franklin Restaurant, W. A. Norton Pron. ' .'.' adv. .... i i . aim impartial to eacn ana every par ti ::pant. Kvcry card has been thrown on the table FACE UP and l-ere will NOT be a dishonest meth od employed by the management .or one word ot uujrmal'on win be divi.'ged regarding any partici- an:.- relative standing. ... 0"C aCVMtion will be made f.ou x's pub lished rules and regulations govern ing the campaign. No person will be approached by the management with a view ot having them invest '.hesr own money in subscriptions but . . . , i I .1 ' . "11 U .. J on tne otner nana iney wm ue au- listd throutrh the columns ot tnu paper NOT TO DO SO, The last week of the campaign is BLIND in every sense the word implies. Clos ing the. campaign with the sealed tin ballot box. reposing in tne vaults, in o:u of the local banks where each and every participant, deposits their result-, and collections during the entire last week of the campaign, prtventsi the campaigr. manager or any one, from knowing how. miny oteS or, credits the different Club members have. The final cosing of She campaign will be promptly ;t th re o'clock p. , m., Thursday, April 30.' And promptly at " three ,o cIock means exactly sixty minutes ater two o'clock, and not one second a' terwarJs. Western Union tine will I;- i:m'. ' Keni'-niler that this h MEMBF. - Sl'iP WEEK. This is the week f;a; OU should Send in your nohiinalm:i and go right after one of the prizes. DON'T PROCRASTINATE dor, t v it until it is all over and then Kay: "I'uw I wish I had gone into The Press Salesmanship Club. I could have wrn that Chevrolet or one of the other prizes just as well a3 so and sq. I could have done much bet ter than she did." . Dozens will make this vtrv remark after the close' of the campaign. But, it will be too late. TODAY NOW is the opportune time for you to join the Club and be come an active participant and, WIN. Your friends and acquaintances vvilj be glad to help you if you will go in whole heartedly -with grit and de termination popping from your eyes, and enthusiasm flowing from your tongue, they will support you beyond your fondest hopes, arid then, too, you cannot even loss; .your spare moments as you will be paid accord ing to, what you do. HONOR ROLL Following are the names of those who have been nominated to date, with their nomination and coupons good for 100 free votes only. No . subscription votes or opportunity coupons good for 100,000 votes are published in this standing. DO NOT FAIL TO HAVE YOUR NAME APPEAR NEXT WEEK. Franklin Mrs. Nobia Murray ........12i'G'J Mrs. W. T. Moore .....,....:..,. b 000 Mrs. George Stallcup '. L?,J0O Miss Carolyn Sloan..... ...1.Y70! Miss Maude Burleson 12,-W; Mks Ina Henry..... ..Ii,5l0 Miss Sue Hunnicutt 11,000 .Miss Charlotte Conley....,...:....,....U200 Miss Grace Barnard ........:..13,509 Miss Kate A. Moore.........; 10,.M) Miss Willie Mae Tallent 12,700 M!: s Ella Jones..: ; 12,300 Miss Mae Carpenter...,....:,. .10,400 u:. v.. t):.j 1?inft jVH.iB iaie uiiu Rev. E. J. Pipes - ...10,800 John H. Thomas...: 11100' . J. V. Arrendak: :..-10,500 Franklin, Route 1 , . Mrs. Joe Setser ......14,100. Mrs. Carl Slagle :. 1U,WU Miss Mary Enloe... 1A0 Franklin, Route 2 Miss Beatrice Moselcy 4 10,800 M. L Angel 12,700 Franklin Route 3 Mrs. Bvnum Downs.........:. 11,900 Mrs. Harvey Edwards 10,200 Miss Florence Ray 1OJJ00 Miss 'Kate -Ifuggins 10,000 Franklin, Route 4 Mrs. Lacey Nix....... 12,800 Mrs. John Henry 12,600 Miss Ivalec Mincey 14,500' Miss Minnie Earley.......:... 12,200- Miss Levitia Justice 11,300 Dillard, Ga. Miss Fannie Powell.. 12,809 Clayton, Ga. Mrs. J. C. Dover........ -11,300 Mrs. J. A. Green .... 12,500 Prenti, N. C. J. L. Sanders 12,000 Tryphosa, N. C. Miss Veva Howard........ 13,400 Miss Annis McDowell .12,800 CuHasaja, N. C. Mrs. Isaac Keener .: ..1OJ10O Miss Mary Stanfield ..ll.lW) Miss Mable Teem ....11,800 Miss Nola Higdn 10.4W . EHijay, N. C. Miss Nola Higdon .....10,400 Mrs. Fred Mincey...., .....12,100 Miss Bulah'Jollay...:.... 11,900 Miss Maude Adams...........: 10.7QD Miss Clyde Berry 10,009 Iotla, N. C. Miss Thelma Ray ..13,400 West's Mill, N. C. Mrs. Carl Dalton , 13,801 Mrs. Terrel Bryson........... ......12,400 Miss Bryson .......L. '. ...11.000 Etna, N. C. Miss Clara Hall.,: .....................1100 Miss Lee Bradley ........'......10,900 Mrs. Fred Morrison. 13-.60O Stiles, N. C. Miss Eva Byrd........:.. 12,900 Miss Edna Owenby 11,200 Miss Alice Anderson.... 10,800 East Gastonia, N. C. Miss Lola Sanders.......,.......A.........10,0p0 St. Patrick's Party "The" Senior B. . P. IT of the Franklin Baptist chu-ch entertained the Bcrean and, Fidel! v classes of the Baptist church and the Christian Endeavor of the Prer'vyterian church with a St. Patrick's p rty, which was given in the church basement. The room was artistically deco rated with green shamrocks. The color scheme was carried in the serv ing of white cake and green limeade. The evening was pleasantly passed playing games, telling Irish jokes and singing Irish songs. Contests were also a feature of the evening. The lucky ones in the contests were Miss Eunice Cunningham for the first cor rect paper answerng the list of questions in the cat contest. Miss Dora Lee Garner fdr drawing the shamrock while blindfolded, and Mr. Irish joke, ... ' , , , Tre most interesting feature of the evening was the, discovering obthe Irish instinct of each by kissing the "blarney stone.", 1 ' The evening's entertainment was finished by finging "Gccd .Night Ladief;." , , . .